(this was my contribution, years ago, to a family limerick contest goofing on a book someone was reading which used the term "Pete Rose" in exactly the derogatory way you'd think it might)
A slugger who everyone knows Had big hands, big feet, and big toes But he had to cower in the locker room shower Because of his little Pete Rose www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Known as Charlie Hustle for his aggressive style of play, he was banned from baseball for gambling on his own team.
This and the sinead Oâconnor story. Proof positive you could ALWAYS be a hard ass in America without being a toxic piece of shit.
Need to share this here so @chrissteller.bsky.social sees it. There is still time for you to get over to Target Field!
fun fact, the couple on the left live in a community that became gated in response to the 1877 general strike in saint louis which was, by no coincidence, the first major strike with racial solidarity between black and white workers, alike.
YesâŚoccasionally at Billyâs Victorian Bar in Saint Paul!
Damn, I have to wait seven years to apply for this âpunishmentâ of a year off from teaching at half pay, or as we call it âsabbatical.â
The University of Pennsylvania has finalized its discipline against law prof Amy Wax: suspended from teaching (at half-pay + benefits) for a year, loss of named chair and summer pay, public reprimand, must make clear she's not speaking for univ or law school. Had already lost ability to teach 1Ls.
Penn said the hearing board decision came after Wax engaged âin years of flagrant unprofessional conduct within and outside of the classroom that breached her responsibilities as a teacher..."
Prolegomenon to a discourse on fears of specter of rise of antisemitism
Speeches raise questions of fears of specter of rise of antisemitism